Crystal Lake Cabin

Crystal Lake is a gem. The cabin is one of my new favorites. The cabin is cozy, comfortable, and setup nicely. I can't wait to go back in the colder seasons to sit and read a book by the fireplace on the cozy recliner. It was well maintained, mowed, and cared for. Plenty of firewood, well stocked. The oven needs to be lit manually by pulling out bottom drawer, ignore instructions on stove. Also would love some instructions on how to light the propane lights. Some mice sign, lots of flies, and over friendly deer. Also it's much closer to the actual campground than I had envisioned, but gives you some distance away being off a private spur w/ gate. Large, Loud group in group camp spot was unfortunate, but tolerated. Daughter was stung by a bee, so if you're allergic be prepared. The lake is shallow, stocked with rainbows, busy recreation area, but so worth the drive!

Great cabin, great location. Bring mouse traps and fly paper or indoor fly spray. Lots of mice and flies, and there isn't anything provided at cabin..I killed 5 mice with 1 trap

I stayed here with my friend for 3 nights, and experienced a vacation we're unlikely to forget for mostly good reasons.

I'll start with the prose:
- The views from the cabin were incredible. Even though it was a cloudy (and smokey on our last day,) The mornings were epic and the nights were dominated by the moon, even though we weren't able to see very many stars.

- The wild life was amazing. However, I will admit that the deer are TOO comfortable with people. The does especially. They would literally eat chips right out of my hand! The birds were lively, and if you like to bird watch, this should be a good place to do so. On the trail towards the Ice Caves (difficult hike, by the way) you'll even get pretty close to the hawks.

- Ample firewood. I've been to some cabins where finding firewood can be difficult, but we had no trouble collecting firewood for hours of lounging around the fire pit. All dinners were spent outside on the picnic tables.

Cons, there are lot here, hence my overall low rating:
- Mice. They got into anything that was left out. We read in the journal people were feeding them, which is wild. 1 night, 1 of the mice tried to join me in bed. It made every night afterwards extremely difficult.

- The flies were a nightmare. We spent 2 afternoons killing them. The last day wasn't so bad, but we had a bit of cooler day for our last day.

- The campground is much closer than I thought. It wasn't too bad, but the privacy I've come to expect from the cabins was NOT met. That said, everyone we did cross paths with were friendly.

- Over all, the cabin wasn't super messy, but the amount of dead flies was pretty gross.

I plan on doing a full review on my YouTube channel (DRTY PRODUCTIONS).

Full take? If you come prepared with fly/mouse traps, and come expecting nearby campers, and almost creepy experiences with deer, you'll probably enjoy this cabin. The mice almost ruined it for me, though.

Our second time there and we loved it!

Nice cabin to stay in. It was clean and rodent free when we stayed there. There was water outside, but we weren't sure if it was safe to drink. It was nice to have for washing dishes though. The propane lights were nice. It rained the whole time we were there, so the propane stove and fireplace were good to have. I think the only thing we didn't like was the view out the front is of the campground. It was very quiet when we were there.

The cabin was disappointing since it was to recently had maintenance and repairs. The area around the cabin could not be enjoyed as the weeds and grass had not been mown and were high.
A few campers drove down the cabin driveway thinking they could just take firewood which disturbed any chance of privacy.

There is a great well with water outside the cabin.
Fireplace is awesome

Wonderful time in nature without another soul around for miles. Beautiful country!

wonderful cabin - spacious, clean, nice propane stove. Deer visit in the evening.

Always a pleasure to go up there and spend time. We’ve gone every year for the past 3 years and plan on keep going. Hopefully our kids keep it going as long as we can.